Brussels, 27 March 2009: On 27 March, coinciding with the first anniversary of the founding of the Trade Union Organisation for the Americas (TUCA), the ITUC regional organisation for the Americas, trade union organisations across the Americas are mobilising to express their position on the global economic crisis.

Unions throughout the continent will condemn the rise in job losses and precarious employment, calling on their governments to take measures to stop employers from using the crisis as an excuse to throw more workers out on the street.

In addition, the trade union coordinating body will call for the crisis not to be used as a pretext for "undermining the quality of jobs, cutting the living standards of ordinary working people and downgrading workers’ rights".

The Continental Day of Action against the Crisis will be staged in every country of the Americas, with trade union organisations holding rallies and other activities to draw attention to their position on the crisis.

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